2012 Big Sky Conference football season

November 2025 November 2025 August 2023 2012 Big Sky Conference football season #27548f #82c4d4 NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) Football 150px August 30, 2012through November 2012 13 ESPN Inc., Root Sports Regular Season Champions Football 2011 2013 The 2012 Big Sky Conference football season was the 49th season for the Big Sky. The conference began its season on Thursday, August 30, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2012 season of NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition. This was the first Big Sky season for four new conference members—full members North Dakota and Southern Utah, and football-only members Cal Poly and UC Davis. All four had previously played in the Great West Conference.Associated Press Big Sky officially welcomes S. Utah, North Dakota https://newspaperarchive.com/kalispell-daily-inter-lake-jul-03-2012-p-11/ 21 November 2025 Kalispell Daily Inter Lake 3 July 2012 B1 Eastern Washington, Montana State, and Cal Poly represented the Big Sky in the 2012 playoffs. Eastern Washington was eliminated in the semifinals, and Montana State was eliminated in the quarterfinals.2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship https://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/gametool/brackets/football_fcs_2012.pdf NCAA 21 November 2025 Rankings 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings   Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 FinalCal Poly AP RV RV RV RV 23 20 15 14 11 16 19 17 12 12C RV RV RV RV 23 19 14 12 11 11Eastern Washington AP 12 9 10 9 7 7 6 1 1 7 5 5 4 4C 15 11 11 9 7 7 6 1 1 4Idaho State AP RV RV C RV Montana AP 11 12 14 14 21 RV RV C 10 9 12 11 20 RV RV RV Montana State AP 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 2 2 2 5C 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 4 5North Dakota AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV RV RV Northern Arizona AP RV RV RV RV 22 18 16 16 13 12 11 15 20 20C RV RV RV RV 21 18 18 12 20Northern Colorado AP C Portland State AP RV RV C RV RV Sacramento State AP RV RV RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV Southern Utah AP RV RV RV RV RV RV C UC Davis AP RV RV C Weber State AP C + Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week   No change in ranking from previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll Schedule Week 1 l August 30 4:15 PM Northern Colorado Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City Pac-12 0–41 45,273 w August 30 5:00 PM South Dakota Mines North Dakota Alerus Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 66–0 8,847 l August 30 5:00 PM Sacramento State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, New Mexico 19–49 12,118 l August 30 5:00 PM Southern Utah Utah State Romney Stadium Logan, Utah 3-34 17,009 w August 30 6:00 PM Eastern Washington Idaho Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 20-3 11,136 w August 30 6:00 PM Azusa Pacific UC Davis Aggie Stadium Davis, California 41-3 5,903 w August 30 6:05 PM Chadron State Montana State Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, Montana 33-6 20,767 l August 30 7:30 PM Northern Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona Pac-12 6-63 48,658 l September 1 11:00 AM Idaho State Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado 21–49 35,282 w September 1 12:30 PM South Dakota Montana Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana 35–24 25,126 w September 1 4:05 PM San Diego Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California 41–14 6,022 w September 1 5:05 PM Carroll College Portland State Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 38-20 6,845 l September 1 7:00 PM Weber State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, California 10-37 27,663 Pacific Time Week 2 l September 8 12:00 PM Southern Utah California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California Pac-12 31-50 57,745 w September 8 12:00 PM Sacramento State Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado 30-28 46,843 l September 8 12:00 PM Weber State BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, Utah 13-45 60,314 l September 8 12:00 PM Eastern Washington Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington Pac-12 20-24 33,598 w September 8 12:35 PM Colorado Mesa Northern Colorado Nottingham Field Greeley, Colorado 40-3 5,136 w September 8 3:05 PM Black Hills State Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho 38-5 6,228 l September 8 3:35 PM Montana Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, North Carolina GamePlan 27-35 30,856 September 8 4:00 PM Portland State North Dakota Alerus Center Grand Forks, North Dakota UND 45-37 - w September 8 4:00 PM Montana State Drake Drake Stadium Des Moines, Iowa 34-24 3,558 l September 8 4:00 PM UC Davis San Jose State Spartan Stadium San Jose, California 13-45 7,462 w September 8 4:05 PM Northern Arizona UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada 17-14 15,257 Pacific Time Week 3 l September 15 12:00 PM UC Davis South Dakota State Coughlin-Alumni Stadium Brookings, South Dakota 8-12 11,532 w September 15 12:30 PM Liberty University Montana Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana 34-14 24,991 w September 15 12:35 PM Stephen F. Austin State Montana State Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, Montana 43-35 17,147 l September 15 1:00 PM Portland State Washington CenturyLink Field Seattle Fox 13-52 54,922 September 15 2:05 PM Northern Colorado Sacramento State Hornet Stadium Sacramento, California CSUS 28-17 - w September 15 3:00 PM Cal Poly Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming 24-22 21,728 w September 15 4:05 PM Fort Lewis College Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 69-0 6,594 l September 15 5:00 PM North Dakota San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 41-49 24,826 w September 15 5:00 PM New Mexico Highlands Southern Utah Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, Utah 45-23 7,835 w September 15 5:00 PM McNeese State Weber State Stewart Stadium Ogden, Utah 21-35 9,617 Pacific Time Week 4 September 22 12:30 PM Northern Arizona Montana Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana NAU 41-31 25,254 l September 22 12:30 PM Idaho State 25 Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska BTN 7-73 84,923 September 22 1:05 PM yes Northern Colorado Montana State Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, Montana MTST 41-16 18,637 September 22 5:00 PM Eastern Washington Weber State Stewart Stadium Ogden, Utah EWU 32-26 9,434 September 22 5:05 PM Southern Utah Portland State Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon SUU 49-42 - September 22 6:05 PM UC Davis Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Louis Obispo, California CP 28-20 11,075 September 22 6:05 PM North Dakota Sacramento State Hornet Stadium Sacramento, California UND 35-13 - Pacific Time Week 5 September 29 12:30 PM Montana State Southern Utah Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, Utah MTST 24-17 8,417 September 29 12:35 PM Sacramento State Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho CSUS 54-31 7,882 September 29 2:05 PM Portland State Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona NAU 24-10 9,107 September 29 4:00 PM Cal Poly North Dakota Alerus Center Grand Forks, North Dakota CP 35-17 - September 29 4:15 PM Montana Eastern Washington Roos Field Cheney, Washington EWU 32-26 10,529 September 29 6:00 PM Weber State UC Davis Aggie Stadium Davis, California UCD 37-13 - Pacific Time Week 6 October 5 5:00 PM Cal Poly Weber State Stewart Stadium Ogden, Utah CP 45-23 5,939 October 6 12:00 PM Sacramento State Southern Utah Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, Utah CSUS 27-22 3,766 October 6 12:35 PM yes Montana Northern Colorado Nottingham Field Greeley, Colorado MONT 40-17 4,751 October 6 4:00 PM Montana State UC Davis Aggie Stadium Davis, California MTST 48-41 9,877 October 6 5:05 PM North Dakota Eastern Washington Roos Field Cheney, Washington EWU 55-17 8,646 October 6 5:05 PM Idaho State Portland State Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon PRST 77-10 5,754 Pacific Time Week 7 October 13 12:30 PM Southern Utah Montana Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana SUU 30-20 25,684 October 13 12:35 PM Eastern Washington Montana State Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, Montana EWU 27-24 20,477 October 13 1:00 PM Northern Arizona North Dakota Alerus Center Grand Forks, North Dakota NAU 45-38 9,742 October 13 3:05 PM UC Davis Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho UCD 52-45 5,212 October 13 9:05 PM Northern Colorado Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo CA CP 56-28 9,382 October 13 6:05 PM Weber State Sacramento State Hornet Stadium Sacramento, California CSUS 19-14 12,106 Pacific Time Week 8 October 20 12:00 PM Weber State Southern Utah Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, Utah WEB 24-22 3,811 October 20 12:30 PM Montana North Dakota Alerus Stadium Grand Forks, North Dakota UND 40-34 9,000 October 20 12:35 PM Idaho State Northern Colorado Nottingham Field Greeley, Colorado UNCO 52-14 4,155 October 20 4:05 PM yes Sacramento State Eastern Washington Roos Field Cheney, Washington EWU 31-28 8,714 October 20 4:05 PM UC Davis Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona NAU 21-7 7,991 October 20 6:05 PM Portland State Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Louis Obispo, California CP 37-25 10,025 Pacific Time Week 9 October 27 12:00 PM Eastern Washington Southern Utah Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, Utah SUU 30-27 3,344 October 27 12:30 PM Idaho State Montana Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana MONT 70-24 24,152 October 27 12:35 PM Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Nottingham Field Greeley, Colorado NAU 12-10 3,780 October 27 1:05 PM North Dakota Montana State Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, Montana MTST 55-10 17,137 October 27 2:00 PM Portland State UC Davis Aggie Stadium Davis, California PRST 49-21 7,826 October 27 6:05 PM Cal Poly Sacramento State Hornet Stadium Sacramento, California CSUS 35-29 8,113 Pacific Time Homecoming games September 22 Northern Colorado @ Montana State October 6 Montana @ Northern Colorado October 20 Sacramento State @ Eastern Washington Attendance TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8TotalAverage% of CapacityCal PolyAlex G. Spanos Stadium11,0756,02211,0759,38210,0256,32642,8308,56677.3%Eastern WashingtonRoos Field8,60010,5298,6468,7148,6446,01142,5448,50998.9%Idaho StateHolt Arena12,0006,2287,8825,2125,1445,12529,5915,91849.3%MontanaWashington–Grizzly Stadium25,21725,12624,99125,25425,68424,15226,210151,41725,236100%Montana StateBobcat Stadium17,77720,76717,14718,63720,47717,13715,177109,34218,223102.5%North DakotaAlerus Center12,2838,8479,2109,5319,7429,2967,14453,7708,96272.9%Northern ArizonaWalkup Skydome10,0006,5949,1077,9914,1256,11933,9366,78767.9%Northern ColoradoNottingham Field8,5005,1364,7514,1553,7803,41821,2404,24849.9%Portland StateJELD-WEN Field18,6276,8456,3535,7545,0775,75824,7104,94227%Sacramento StateHornet Stadium21,1957,40810,77412,1068,1137,14345,5449,10942.9%Southern UtahEccles Coliseum8,5007,8358,4173,7663,8113,34427,1735,43563.9%UC DavisAggie Stadium10,8495,9037,5699,8777,8269,89941,0748,21575.7%Weber StateStewart Stadium17,5009,6179,4345,9397,2514,83737,0787,41642.4% Head coaches Tim Walsh, Cal Poly Beau Baldwin, Eastern Washington Mike Kramer, Idaho State Mick Delaney, Montana Rob Ash, Montana State Chris Mussman, North Dakota Jerome Souers, Northern Arizona Earnest Collins Jr., Northern Colorado Nigel Burton, Portland State Marshall Sperbeck, Sacramento State Ed Lamb, Southern Utah Bob Biggs, UC Davis Jody Sears, Weber State NFL draft The following list includes all Big Sky players who were drafted in the 2013 NFL draft. Round # Pick # NFL team Player Position College 7 221 San Diego Chargers Brad Sorensen QB Southern Utah References